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Stephen Fleming remained upbeat about his side's chances despite New Zealand slipping to 75 for 4 on a truncated second day in this second Test

Despite the arrival of emergency tarpaulins, which covered 90% of the ground, the around-the-clock mopping up operations of an army of groundstaff and, ironically, bright blue skies and blazing sunshine, no play was possible before lunch on the

For five sessions they lazed in their hotel, looking forward to the chance to win their first series in Sri Lanka for two decades, as an army of groundstaff mopped up a waterlogged outfield with hand sponges and scraped away the mud with cardboard

The opening day's play of the second match of the two-Test series at Kandy was abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy overnight rain left large areas of the outfield saturated

After an attritional drawn opening Test in Colombo, a dreary contest on a lifeless pitch, more frustration is in store for the second Test at Kandy

The Selection Committee, at a meeting held on 28th April 2003 has decided to select a squad of 15 players from which the Team will be selected for the above test match at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy

Sri Lanka needs to win the two-Test home series against New Zealand starting in Colombo on 25th April to remain in contention for third place in the ICC Test Championship table

As another English season draws to a close, the trees turn yellow and the temperature falls, cupboards will be raided for fleeces and pullovers

As another English season draws to a close, the trees turn yellow and the temperature falls, cupboards will be raided for fleeces and pullovers

Sri Lanka completed their third consecutive Test series win on Monday when they crushed a poor Zimbabwean side by an innings and 94 runs at Asgiriya International Stadium in Kandy

Zimbabwe were left with their backs firmly to the wall in Sri Lanka's hill country capital on Sunday night with the hosts poised for a series clinching win on the fourth day of this second Test

A day that started with anti-climax, when hometown hero Muttiah Muralitharan narrowly failed to become the third man in history to take ten wickets in an innings, ended with Sri Lanka in a now familiar position of dominance in this one-sided Test

Hill-country spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan came agonisingly close to recording the best bowling figures ever in Test cricket at the Asgiriya International Stadium on Saturday morning only to be denied all ten when Chaminda Vaas inadvertently

On a request made the team management to the Chairman of the National Selection Committee and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport, it was decided to retain the same team that won the first Test, for the second Test of the Janashakthi National

Sports minister Johnston Fernando forced Sri Lanka's selectors into a U-turn late on Thursday night as members of the team seriously contemplated standing down from the second Janashakthi National Test in protest of the decision to rest Marvan

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

Kandy's reputation for the bizarre and unpredictable was enhanced further on the eve of the second Test against Zimbabwe when the Sri Lankan selectors made two unexpected changes, resting vice-captain Marvan Atapattu and promising fast bowler

Brian Lara's chances of regaining fitness in time for West Indies tour of Pakistan looked slim on Tuesday morning after a hairline fracture was discovered in his elbow

West Indies secured a place in the LG Abans triangular series final after another poor performance by Zimbabwe's batsmen and a pyrotechnic batting display by Chris Gayle at Asgiriya International Stadium on Sunday

Injured West Indies batting star Brian Lara showered praise on the medical team at the Kandy General Hospital in Sri Lanka